Shortly after 1:00pm on Tuesday, March 27th, 1973, John Crowley was standing at a bus stop at 3109 Centennial Boulevard when a young black male approached him from behind, shot him, grabbed the briefcase Crowley was carrying and ran off. Crowley was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday, March 30th, 1973. John C. Crowley was 75 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of John C. Crowley, please contact the Cold Case Homicide Unit at MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov
You can also call the Nashville Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Division anonymously at 615-742-7463
We feel it is important to put a face to the name. If you have a photograph you would like to submit to be posted (as an addition or substitution) please email: MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov